Nuclear testing

A nuclear test explosion is an experiment involving the detonation of a nuclear weapon.

Alleged tests

There have been a number of significant alleged/disputed/unacknowledged accounts of countries testing nuclear explosives. Their status is either not certain or entirely disputed by most mainstream experts.

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Japan

There is a disputed report about the Japanese atomic program being able to test a nuclear weapon in Korea on August 12 1945, a few days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, and three days before the Japanese surrender on August 15, but this is seen as being highly unlikely by mainstream historians. See Japanese atomic program for more information.

Related Topics:
Japanese atomic program - August 12 - 1945 - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - August 6 - 9 - August 15

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Israel/South Africa

In what is known as the Vela Incident, Israel and/or South Africa may have detonated a nuclear device on September 22, 1979 in the Indian Ocean, according to satellite data. Knowledge of whether there was actually a test, much less who would have been responsible for it, is not fully known. See Vela Incident for more information.

Related Topics:
Vela Incident - Israel - South Africa - September 22 - 1979 - Indian Ocean

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North Korea

On September 9, 2004 it was reported by South Korean media that there had been a large explosion at the Chinese/North Korean border. This explosion left a crater visible by satellite and precipitated a large (2 mile diameter) mushroom cloud. The United States and South Korea quickly downplayed this, explaining it away as a forest fire which had nothing to do with the DPRK's nuclear weapons program. See Ryanggang explosion for more information.

Related Topics:
September 9 - 2004 - Ryanggang explosion

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Germany

A book published in German in 2005 (Hitlers Bombe) has alleged that there is evidence that Nazi Germany performed some sort of test of a "nuclear device" (the description of which is more like a dirty bomb or a hybrid fusion device) in March 1945, though the evidence for this has not yet been fully evaluated.

Related Topics:
2005 - Hitlers Bombe - Nazi Germany - Dirty bomb - Fusion - 1945

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